2027: Utomi Leads Talks With Atiku, Obi, Others on Single Opposition Candidate Professor Pat Utomi-led Movement for Credible Elections (MCE) is set to hold closed-door consultations with opposition presidential candidates and their party leaders as part of efforts to facilitate the emergence of a single candidate for the 2027 presidential election. The consultations are expected
Former House of Representatives member Abdulmumin Jibrin has predicted that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will secure at least 65 per cent of the votes cast in the 2027 presidential election. Jibrin made the claim while appearing on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Wednesday night, where he argued that Tinubu’s political standing has strengthened since the
Political communications strategist, Ben Ukeji, has challenged members of the Progressive Governors Forum, PGF, to focus on strengthening their political structures rather than opposing the Rainbow Coalition associated with Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, ahead of the 2027 general elections. Ukeji made the remarks on Wednesday while reacting to the position
Student leaders from tertiary institutions across the 19 northern states and the Federal Capital Territory have endorsed President Bola Tinubu for a second term in office in 2027. The students, drawn from universities, polytechnics and colleges of education, announced their position on Tuesday during the inauguration of the students’ wing of Arewa for Asiwaju. The
Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Nigerian Democratic Congress (NDC), has dismissed a claim by Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, that he could face political consequences if President Bola Tinubu loses the 2027 presidential election. Wike had said during a media parley that his continued support for Tinubu’s re-election could make
The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has appealed to the Nigeria Police Force, the Department of State Services (DSS) and other security agencies to investigate the alleged attack on its members during a ward meeting in Ofu Local Government Area of Kogi State. The party said the incident occurred on Tuesday at the residence of its
The Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) has chosen Musa Shugaba-Abdullahi to contest the 2027 Nasarawa State governorship election on the platform of the party. Shugaba-Abdullahi secured the ticket at the NDC substitution primary conducted by affirmation on Tuesday night in Lafia, the state capital. The primary was organised under the supervision of the party’s Electoral Committee,
A coalition of prominent northern politicians and influential stakeholders has unveiled a broad mobilisation structure, Arewa for Asiwaju (A4A), to rally support for President Bola Tinubu’s re-election bid in the 2027 presidential election. The group brings together former governors, serving and former senators, ministers, political leaders and grassroots mobilisers across the 19 northern states and
Governors elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) have opposed any political coalition or alliance they believe could threaten the chances of the party and its candidates in the 2027 elections. The governors said aligning with such a political arrangement could undermine President Bola Tinubu’s re-election bid and weaken the party ahead
Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has said he will not support any politician seeking to win an election in his or her state ahead of the 2027 general elections. Wike made the clarification in a statement issued on Tuesday by his Senior Special Assistant on Public Communications and Social Media, Lere Olayinka.